A stalled front stretched from the Permian Basin across the Trans Pecos to the Davis Mountains. Abundant moisture and slow storm motion resulted in flash flooding.
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A stalled front stretched from the Permian Basin across the Trans Pecos to the Davis Mountains. Abundant moisture and slow storm motion resulted in flash flooding.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 11:50 PM MST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 150 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007 .UPDATE... A PERSISTENT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A CARLSBAD...MALJAMAR...HOBBS LINE. WITH CONTINUED REGENERATION TRENDS NOTED...WILL SEND OUT AN UPDATE TO RAISE POPS TO THE LIKELY CATEGORY ACROSS EASTERN EDDY AND NORTHERN LEA COUNTIES... WITH 30-50 PCT CHANCES SPREAD INTO THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. RAIN CHANCES DO LOOK GOOD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE NORTHERN BASIN THROUGH TODAY. MORE ON THIS IN THE ROUTINE DISCUSSION AROUND 4 AM CDT. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 70/21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 123 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-091030- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 123 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007 /1223 PM MDT SAT SEP 8 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AGAIN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. A LARGE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. FLOODING MAY BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN BY MONDAY NIGHT. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1031 PM CDT SAT SEP 08 2007
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0500 PM HAIL VAN HORN 31.04N 104.83W
09/08/2007 M0.75 INCH CULBERSON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
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MEFFERSOSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 226 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2007 NMZ033-TXZ045-090830- CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-GAINES- 126 AM MDT SUN SEP 9 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL LEA AND NORTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF LOVINGTON TO HOBBS TO NEAR HALFWAY AT 226 AM CDT /126 AM MDT/ WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 55 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. 70
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:56 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Hobbs Police Department reported many streets across the city to be impassable due to high water.
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